This week's warrior is Jazzlind. She's a 15 year old full of spice and life, and she has candidly opened up about her experiences with sickle cell.
Ever wondered if you could be a working model in NY with sickle cell? If Akimie can do it, so can you!
Tosin explains how you can have a successful and happy life with sickle cell. Once we shift our mentality, we all can achieve all our goals and dreams.
The creator of the Heart of Gold foundation shares her inspirational journey with sickle cell below. Read on...
Meet Kandis, an intrepid and determined young lady. Even with AVN and sickle cell, she has accomplished all her dreams and strives to inspire others.
Hello everyone, It’s been a few months since I posted on here. First of all I need to apologize for the silence. I know that it may have been very frustrating to come here with no new updates. Since October, I’ve faced alot of challenges [continue reading...]
For those of you who haven't zeroed in on your purpose in life, this is a great exercise when you have the time. Often we have 'mental lists', but an actual physical list gives you something concrete, something that you can check off, and something [continue reading...]
Sickle cell medications do not come cheap. With copays of 15-30% on prescriptions, your out of pocket costs can grow drastically. If you are on a fixed income, or don't make much, it can get hard. Here are some resources that might be able to help. [continue reading...]
Part 2 of this series gives you tips and strategies to overcome addiction. It isn't easy, but it's completely achievable. [continue reading...]
The first part of this 3 part series deals with the definitions for addiction, tolerance, physical dependence, and pseudo-addiction [continue reading...]
For the last few years, many people have come to me asking about the efficacy of Dioscovite. I have never taken it, but I know many sickle cell warriors have with varied results. Some have said that it takes away daily pain completely, while others said that it eliminates their crises. On the other hand, [continue reading...]
I got a question today that I couldn’t answer. Has anyone taken Nicosan WITH Hydroxyurea? Did you notice a difference? Have you had any side effects? Please share your story, either via comments or through my email. Thanks! [continue reading...]
I ordered some for my fiancé and noticed it says u have to be careful when taking it with Tylenol. Which is in about every pain med used except a couple. What problems can you have using Tylenol and Nicosan together do u know? I know you aren’t a doctor but if you know anything [continue reading...]
I got a question from one of my readers that I couldn’t answer. I used to be a skeptic and require facts, figures and statistics; but I think I’m too much of a Nicosan believer to be able to answer this. My baby is also on NICOSAN. Can’t dream of taking her off it!!!! My [continue reading...]
The next few days, I’ll be posting answers and questions that I’ve been getting from my darling readers about Nicosan and Sickle cell. I seem to be getting alot of similar questions, so I figure if I post them here, more people can learn from the same group of questions. If you have any advice, [continue reading...]
I must say that I haven’t had Nicosan in about three weeks and have noticed the difference. I didn’t realize how much even the simplest pain was a part of my everyday life until Nicosan. I really hope they dont stop making this drug in my lifetime. It has really helped. ~JM SCW: I was [continue reading...]
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